In the city of Fort Lauderdale, one can find specialized hands-on, short-term educational programs, including animal science programs such as marine/aquatic biology at Nova Southeastern University.

Growth is expected for veterinary technologists and technicians and veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers until 2012, according to Florida Labor Market Employment Projections. Veterinary technologists and technicians in Florida will see a projected 5,210 jobs in 2012, and veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers will see a projected 5,120 jobs. In Broward County, which is where Fort Lauderdale holds the county seat, there were 19,595 education and health services” establishments that employed a total of 421,402 people in 2004. The average annual wage for this field in Broward County was $38,873